T-Mobile walked away from the FCC’s spectrum auction last week as the top bidder and more than 1,500 new spectrum licenses. And the Un-carrier is chomping at the bit to put those to good use.

Not one to waste a boatload of cash (or $7.99 billion, to be exact) on latent assets, T-Mobile execs indicated they’re already gearing up for a “record-breaking” deployment of its new 600 MHz airwaves.

“T-Mobile’s network is already the fastest, most advanced in the country, and this will take it to a whole new level – and we’ll do it FAST,” T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray commented. “Our team has a history of deploying network technologies at record-breaking pace – including the fastest recorded LTE deployment in US history. We’re ready to break records again on 600 MHz.”

As detailed in the FCC’s spectrum auction closing announcement, T-Mobile exited the proceedings with some 1,525 licenses that blanket the nation. And a map from Mosaik shows T-Mobile managed to snag 40 MHz of spectrum across broad swaths of the country, as well as at least 20 MHz in key markets like the New York City metro area and major West Coast metro areas around Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

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